The CMA has strong links with other UK universities, overseas academic institutions and both the commercial and curatorial sectors around the world.
Key UK links
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Major collaborative teaching and research links have been established with the NOC. The most notable result of this association has been the formation of the High Resolution Marine Seismology Group which is currently completing a three year NERC funded programme of research into the use of digital sub-bottom profiling systems for imaging buried archaeological material.
The Maritime Archaeology Trust is a charitable trust based at the National Oceanography Centre. The Trust is autonomous but has close ties with the CMA . The link is a particularly successful one, benefiting the educational and research aims of both bodies.
The CMA has developed close links with the Mary Rose Trust in both research and teaching. In addition to the collaborative delivery of the Msc in maritime conservation, the MA/MSc in maritime archaeology offers a course in marine conservation run in conjunction with the Trust.
The CMA maintains close links with the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS). Many field projects and MA/MSc course units have inbuilt 1, 2 or 4 day practical modules in which specific skills are introduced. These also function as NAS Part III courses for those who want to gain NAS accreditation.
The CMA is involved in a number of collaborative projects with the British Museum, including a programme of Maritime Technology Workshops in India.
The CMA has collaborated with the University of Ulster on projects in Egypt and Africa.
Key International links
The Viking Ship Museum Roskilde, Denmark
The CMA has close links with the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, with MA and MSc students participating in a joint study course in Denmark each year.
The Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, University of Alexandria, Egypt
The Alexandria Centre was established as a European Union project under the EU-Tempus III Programme. The EU Tempus programme supports the modernisation of higher education, mainly through university cooperation projects. The Alexandria Centre was created through collaboration between eight consortium institutions from the EU and Egypt who among them provided the necessary academic, technical and administrative expertise. The University of Southampton was one of these key institutions and the CMA maintains close collaborative ties with CMAUCH through initiatives such as the Lake Mareotis research project.
Kerala Council for Historical Research, India
The CMA maintains research links with KCHR which has supported CMA ethnographic and doctoral research projects in southern India. The CMA is currently collaborating with KCHR and the British Museum on a programme of Maritime Technology Workshops in India.